What Your Camera Flash Has to Do With an Atomic Bomb
“Gadget” detonates in New Mexico. Photo credit: US Department of Energy. On July 16th, 1945, 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the White Sands Proving Ground was rocked by a massive explosion. Constructed via the cumulative effort of thousands of physicists, engineers, and technicians, the device codenamed “Gadget” detonated with the energy equivalent of … Read more